Thu, 12/05/2024 - 13:50

Demoiselle: Unbeaten Muhimma yet another rising star for Cox

Muhimma wins at CD Nov 1 2024
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Muhimma has won both of her races easily. She stretches out from seven furlongs to 1 1/8 miles in the Demoiselle.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – In the 2-year-old filly division this year, trainer Brad Cox has sent out Immersive to a 4-for-4 record, including three Grade 1 wins, and Good Cheer to an identical 4-for-4 mark with two stakes triumphs.

But wait, there’s more.

Saturday, Muhimma will try to keep her 2-for-2 record unblemished while joining her stablemates as a stakes winner when she headlines a 10-horse field in the Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle at Aqueduct.

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 13:42

Keewaydin tests his stamina in Remsen Stakes

Barbara D. Livingston
Keewaydin will make his first start at two turns in Saturday's Grade 2 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – In two of the last three years, trainer Chad Brown has come within a nose of winning the Remsen Stakes with horses who would turn into Grade 1 stakes winners at 3.

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 13:20

BC runner-up Vodka With a Twist expected to track quick pace in Starlet

Vodka With A Twist at DMR Nov 1 2024
Julie Wright
Vodka With a Twist led into the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies before having to settle for second to likely champion Immersive.

Vodka With a Twist could not keep pace with Immersive in the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar on Nov. 1, finishing a well-beaten second to the undefeated favorite.

The BC Juvenile Fillies was Vodka With a Twist’s first start at 1 1/16 miles, and has led to another appearance at the distance in Saturday’s Grade 2 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos.

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 13:08

Sharp winner Donut God takes on the versatile Naughty Rascal in Inaugural

Donut God wins maiden at CD Nov 14 2024
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Donut God led throughout his career debut in the slop to win by 2 1/4 lengths at Churchill Downs.

Trainer Brian Lynch has leading 2-year-old prospect Owen Almighty back on the work tab in Florida after the colt got a freshening following his second-place finish to Jonathan’s Way in the Iroquois Stakes in September at Churchill Downs. But in the meantime, Lynch and the Boersma family’s Flying Dutchmen Racing and Breeding start another exciting 2-year-old, Donut God, in the $125,000 Inaugural Stakes on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 12:55

Happy Is a Choice brings big last Beyer to Ring the Bell Stakes

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Happy Is a Choice earned a 104 Beyer Speed Figure for his win over Skelly in the Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes on Sept. 14 at Churchill Downs.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The Beyer Speed Figure of 104 that Happy Is a Choice earned for winning his last start leaps off the page in the $150,000 Ring the Bell Stakes on Saturday at Oaklawn Park.

And building a case for Happy Is a Choice in a competitive renewal of the six-furlong race for 3-year-olds and up gets even easier when his company line reveals the victory came over Skelly.

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 12:55

Golden Gate Debutante a family affair

Before Border Control won a maiden race by seven lengths at Pleasanton in late October, trainer Jose Bautista thought the filly had stakes potential.

Bautista could not have envisioned he would have to beat family to prove his point.

When Border Control starts in Saturday’s $75,000 Golden Gate Debutante at 1 1/16 miles, one of her main rivals is Big Soiree, trained by Jorge Baustista, Jose’s 49-year-old cousin.

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 12:07

Post Time looks to break through in loaded Cigar

Debra A. Roma
Post Time kicks up his heels training for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, where he finished second.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Post Time began his 4-year-old campaign in January running fast, winning a restricted stakes in Maryland. He has spent the rest of the year running consistently well and frequently fast, if not always fast enough, in some of the most prestigious races in the country.